A CHARITY for the blind is hoping to strike gold with its latest fund-raising idea.

The Preston and North Lancashire Blind Welfare Society is appealing to people to donate unwanted jewellery.

Society director Peter Taylor said: "Many people have pieces which they no longer use or are perhaps unfashionable, sitting in drawers, gathering dust.

"We could use these items to raise much-needed cash to fund the society's many services across the county."

The society was recently given a ring worth £200 by a relative of a someone who uses their service. Each donated item will be valued by a jeweller and offered for sale later in the year at Howick House, in Penwortham.

Proceeds from the sale will go towards projects such as a new audio studio in Morecambe and the recently-opened resource and information centre in Ormskirk.

All donations can be sent to Howick House, Penwortham, Preston PR1 0LS, telephone 744148.

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